Toy figure



April 1, 1924. 1,488,890

H. MULLER? TOY FIGURE Filed April 18 1921 Patented Apr. 1, 1924.

HEINRICH Mt'l'LLEB, OF NUREMBEBG. GERMANY.

TOY FIGURE.

'hpplication filed April 18, 1923.. Serial No. 482,414.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Hnxnmon Mtiniinn, a citizen of the German Republic, residing at Nuremberg, Germany have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Figures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a toy figure whose head is raised or lowered and turned round without friction uponthe body which could produce a contact pressure so that natural movements can be produced in very wide limits. This is attained owing to the fact that the head is mounted by means of a double articulation or by means of a ball joint upon support located in the body of the figure. In order that the head be Well supported also when the toy figure has a soft stud ed body, it is further necessary that the upper part of the body or the neck part of the same be of special construction. According to this invention the neck part is closed at the upper end by a rigid disk, which is put on after the body of cloth has been stru iedr Such a construction permits that the body be stuffed through the neck opening whilst the figures of known construction had to be stuiied through the open belly, which afterwards had to be sewn by hand. The seam sewed fromthe outside is generally very irregular and of bad appearance. When the body is however stufied through the neck opening the figure can be sewn over the belly from :the inside with the sewing machine before the stuiiing is efiected so that the seam will be uniformly made.

The device for producing the movement of the head is preferably made in such a manner that the movements of the head are provoked by the intermediary of a transmission device from a point which is situated at some distance from the head so that the impression is produced as if the head moved without outer influence. With ures 01" animals the movement of the head can for example be caused by the tail.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood 1 shall describe the same with reference to the form of construction shown in the accompanying drawing, where- Fig. 1 shows the toy figure in side elevation partly in section.

Fig. 2 is a cross section of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a face view of the body.

Fig. l is a section of the disk which closes the body at the neck.

neck part of the body formed by the envelope a. A. tubular rod 0 which projects from said disk a has two projections (l and 6 below and above said disk 5 so that the tubular rod 0 can be turned in the disk but not displaced in the same in longitudinal direction. A rod located in said tube 0 traverses the body and projects from the same at the point where the tail is situated. The projecting part 9 of rod 7 is curved like a tail. The upper end of rod 7" is bent and projects through a slot 8 of the tube 0. The head is closed at its lower end by a cupshaped disk 76 in which a slot is provided. A. casing a is fixed upon the disk in. The tubular rod 0 projecting through the slot of disk Z: is fixed in the side walls of casing 72. by means of transverse axle around which the head can pivot. The bent end of rod is hingedly fixed in the side walls of casing h by means of a pin 0 situated in proximity.

of the axle 2' of tube 0. it is evident that the casing 7L and with it the head will turn when the tail 9 is being turned or that it is raised or lowered when the rod fie displaced by means of the tail piece 5/. The disl-zs Z= and 1% form preferably spherical surfaces whose centers are situated in the axle 2' so that at any position of the head a good joint between the head and the body is ensured.

It is difiicult to attach the envelope of the body upon the disk Z) by sewingas all the parts are accessible only from the outside when the body has been stuii 'ed. For this reason the envelope is lined to the disk Z) in the following manner: Sharp points Z (Figs. 4 and 5) are stamped out of disk 5. The edge of the cloth is pushed over these points which pierce the cloth and which can be bent so that a secure connection is pro duced. As the stuffing of the figure is etiected through the neck before the disk 7) is put in place the adjacent edges m of the envelope can be turned over inwardly (Fig. 2) and sewed upon the outside so that a straight uniform seam a is produced.

I claim 1. An improved toy figure comprising in combination with the studed body of cloth, a sheet metal disk closing the upper end of the body and having a central opening, a tubular support mounted in the central opening of said disk so that it projects upwardly, a transverse pin in the upper end of said tubular support, a double flange at the lower 'end of said tubular support embracing the edge of the central opening of said disk. and a head for the body pivotably fixed upon said transverse pin of the support and resting upon said disk so that said head can be turned in either direction and raised and lowered in natural limits or beyond the same Without friction upon the body which could produce a contact pressure.

2. An improved toy figure comprising in combination with the stuffed body of cloth, sheet metal disk closing the upper end of the body and having a central opening, a tubular support mounted in the central opening of said disk so that it projects upwardly, a transverse pin in the upper end of said tubular support, a double flange at the lower end of said tubular support embracing the edge of the central opening of said disk, and a head for the body pivotably fixed upon said transverse pin of the support and resting upon said disk so that said head can be turned in either direction and raised and lowered in natural limits or beyond the same without friction upon the body which could produce a contact pressure, and a rod in said tubular support articulated at the upper end in said head, traversing the body and projecting from the same at its other end which is curved to form a tail so that movements of the head can be produced with the aid of the tail.

3. An improved toy figure comprising in combination with the stuffed body of cloth, a sheet metal disk closing the upper end of the body and having a central opening, a tubular support mounted in the central opening of said disk so that it projects upwardly, a transverse pin in the upper end of said tubular support, a double flange at the lower end of said tubular support embracing the edge of the central opening of said disk, and a head for the body pivotably fixed upon said transverse pin of the support approximately at its center so that a good joint between the head and the body is ensured at any position or" the head, and resting upon said disk so that said head can be turned in either direction and raised and lowered in natural limits or beyond the same without friction upon the body which could produce a contact pressure.

4. An improved toy figure comprising in combination with the stuffed body of cloth, a cup-shaped metal disk closing the upper end or the body and having a central opening, a tubular support mounted in the central opening of said disk so that it projects upwardly and having a slot near its upper end, a transverse pin in the upper end of said tubular support, a double flange at the lower end of said tubular support embracing the edge of the central opening of said disk, and a head for the body pivotably fixed upon said transverse pin of the support, a cup-shaped disk closing the lower end of the head having a largeslit for the passage of said tubular support and resting upon said cup-shaped disk of the body, a casing in said head open at the lower end in which the transverse pin of said support is journalled approximately at the center of the head, a rod in said tubular support traversing the body and projecting from the same with its lower curved end which forms a tail, an upper bent end of said rod projecting through the slit of the tubular support and a transverse pin in said upper end of the rod journalled in the walls of said casing, substantially as described and shown and for the purpose set forth.

5. An improved toy figure comprising in combination a stuffed body of cloth sewn together from the inside along the belly part and open at the neck, a sheet metal disk closing the open end of the body and having a central opening, a tubular support mounted in the central opening of said disk so that it projects upwardly, a transverse pin in the upper end of said tubularsupport, a double flange at the lower end of said tubular support embracing loosely and rotatably the edge of the central opening of said disk, and a head for the body pivotably fixed upon said transverse pin of the support and resting upon said disk upon which it is guided so that said head can be turned in either direction and raised and lowered in natural limits or beyond the same without friction upon the body which could produce a contact pressure.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence or two witnesses.

HEINRICH MULLER.

Witnesses:

GnoRe KoHNMfiNoH, Jusros HAvEMArm. 

